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cause Tux to destroy it with a laser! (In case you wondered, Comet Zap
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is an adaptation of the *great* math drill game, "Tux, of Math Command").
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"Lessons" and "Practice" are additional typing activities. "Practice"
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involves typing phrases or complete sentences, with measurment of accuracy
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and typing speed. "Lessons" uses XML-based scripting to run various other
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parts of the program in a specified order, including the "Practice" activity.
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"Lessons" and "Phrase Typing" are additional typing activities.
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"Phrase Typing" involves typing of phrases or complete sentences, with
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measurment of accuracy and typing speed. The current phrases in the default
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(English) theme are a collection of pangrams (sentences with all 26 letters)
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as well as some well-known quotes from public domain literature. At some point
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we will make this easy for teachers to modify, so sentences related to a
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current study topic might be used.
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"Lessons" uses XML-based scripting to run various other parts of the program in
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a specified order, including the "Practice" activity. As of version 1.8.0, the
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default theme for Tux Typing now has a substantial collection of finger exercises
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("basic_lesson_01" to "basic_lesson_43") that progressively introduce the keys
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on the keyboard. We intend to further develop this in upcoming months with
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display of descriptive lesson titles, tracking of student progress, and so forth.
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These features are not yet completed, but represent ways to add additional
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"content" without requiring more programming per se. You will find other
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menu entries for planned features that still need to be implemented.
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Tux Typing is Free-Software, distributable under the GNU General Public
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"content" without requiring more programming per se.
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Tux Typing 1.8.0 now has the ability to add and modify custom word lists from within
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Tux Typing itself (it has always been possible to do this by editing the word list
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files directly - they are plain text files). The editor feature is at a beta stage - it basically works, but has room for improvement.
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Note that the word lists included with Tux Typing are not modifiable with this feature, due to file system permissions (Tux Typing is run as an ordinary user, but the bundled word lists and other data files normally can only be modified by a user with root or sudo status).
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Tux4Kids is developing a complete, GUI-based administration/configuration program for Tux Typing, Tux Math, and Tux Paint. Tux4Kids-Admin will be much more powerful and
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flexible than the in-game word list editor. However, it is not completed.
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Tux Typing is Free Software, distributable under the GNU General Public
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License. Please read COPYING for more info.
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Also, for those who may or may not be wondering: Yes, the rumors are
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true.... Tux Typing has a few special `hidden' options. See if you can
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figure out what it is... ;)